Device for tapping barrels



('No ModeL) L. DAROZIR & N. BOURET.

DEVICE FOR TAPPING BARRELS.

Bat'ented July 7, 1885.

UNITED STATES much.

PATENT DEVICE FOR TAPPING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,421, dated July 7, 1885.

Application filed April 4, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEVI DAROZIR and NAPOLEON Bonner, of Lynn,in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Device for Tapping Barrels, Oasks, and Similar AItlCll s, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to means for tapping barrels and similar vessels wherein liquid is confined under pressure, but may be useful in other cases for the purpose of drawing liquid from a vessel.

The invention has for its object to provide a device which may be conveniently and readily inserted into the barrel for the purpose of drawing the liquid without occasioning the loss of or permitting the liquid to escape during the operation of drawing.

The invention consists in the combination of a faucet and stufiing-box, means for holding the same to the barrel, and in certain details of construction pertaining to said parts, and to be hereinafter fully and specifically described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspective view of our invention attached to the end of a barrel, so much only of the barrel being shown as is sufficient to fully illustrate the combination of the device therewith. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

The faucet A is of the usual and ordinary construction. It is provided with a hollow shank or extension, B, on which shank B is fitted the stniiing-box C. Said box may be of any ordinary construction, and is adapted to be moved longitudinally on the shank, but is sufficiently tight thereon to prevent the liquid from escaping between the shank and the box. Said box is provided on one end with a plate, D, which plate D is constructed with a chamber adapted to receive the ring E. Said ring E is preferably composed of rubber, and, projecting downward from the chamber, bears upon the barrel when the box is in position, and thus prevents the liquid from escaping between the barrel and the plate 1). In place of ring E, other obvious packing might be used. When about to tap the barrel, the operator should first move this stalling-box to the extreme end of the shank B, and place it upon the barrel with the shank resting directly over the barrel bung or hole to be opened, and then by means of the lever F he forces the box closely down upon the barrel and fastens it in this position, as represented in Fig. 1. Said lever F has a crutchet or opening at one end, whereby it is adapted to span the stuffing-box, and bears upon the plate I), as shown. Said crutchet end of lever F is formed to engage the chine of the barrel and obtain a hold thereon. Said end should be engaged with the barrel while the lever is in an inclined position, and the lever may be then depressed sufiiciently to force the stufling -box closely down upon the barrel. The opposite end of the lever F may be engaged with the barrel chine at the other side. Said lever Fis made in two parts, to permit of being suitably adjusted in length, and by means of screw a may be fitted to barrels of different sizes. Said lever, when fastened in position, is steadied and prevented from slipping downward by means of spring 6. This spring also bears one end upon the barrel, and operates to push the lever F forward while being depressed, thus keeping the end of the lever into engagement with the barrel-chines while the stuiiing box is being positioned. Instead of this spring a hook might be used, said hook being arranged to reach over the edge of the barrel and catch into the side thereof. hen carefully fixed in this position, a blow upon the end of the faucet will force it inward, driving the shank B through the stuffing-box and into the barrel, carrying with it, of course, the bung or stopper. The liquid thereupon entering the hole in the end of shank B will pass up through the same and out at the faucet-opening.

It might happen that liquid should escape at one side of the stuffing-box, between the barrel and the ring E, on account of some slight inaccuracy in the adjustment of the box to the barrel, and on either side of the lever F are screws 2 2, which rest their bottom ends upon the plate D, and by turning said screws in an. obvious manner the arrangement of the box may be modified to stop all leaking that would otherwise continue.

We claim- 1. The combination, with a faucet and stuffing-box, of a device for clamping the same to stuffing-box, of theclamping devices therefor, consisting of the divided bar connected by a collar and set-screw, the ends of said bar bear- 15 ing on the chines, and the spring 6 beneath the bar, all as set forth.

Signed in presence of two Witnesses.

LEVI DAROZIR. NAPOLEON BOURET.

Witnesses:

D. A. SANBORN, O. B. TUTTLE. 

